Environmental aspects changing markets
Issue 40 – July 2012
More attention than ever before is being given to the overall environmental impact of industrial goods throughout their whole life cycle: from raw material acquisition to the manufacture, distribution, use, maintenance, re-use, and eventual recycling of their component parts. In 2004 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) set up TC (technical committee) 111, Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems, to develop Standards in the domain.
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[more]ISO international workshop to focus on water access and use
Issue 40 – July 2012
How ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standards can offer solutions to global water challenges is at the heart of a workshop to be held on 25 – 26 July 2012 in conjunction with the Sewage Works Exhibition, in Kobe, Japan – one of the world's largest events on the subject.
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[more]Effective environmental management makes M&S carbon neutral
Issue 40 – July 2012
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has reported that it has become the first major retailer in the UK to become carbon neutral.
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